@Balint re "@Jarno: IMO Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies is already a risky option and I don't recommend enabling it because it may remove packages which are not used according the to package- dependency chain but which users rely on using software that is not packaged."
Could you give me an example of how people would install dependencies for software that is not package that would also set the "is_auto_removable" flag in the apt cache to True? I can't think of a situation like this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624644 Title: By default settings unattended-upgrade is unable to automatically remove packages that become unused in conjunction with updating by other software. Status in apt package in Ubuntu: New Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: New Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: New Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu: New Status in apt source package in Artful: New Status in gnome-software source package in Artful: New Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Artful: New Status in update-manager source package in Artful: New Bug description: When using default settings for unattended-upgrade i.e. Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "false"; # default "false" Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-New-Unused-Dependencies "true"; # default "true" in configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades, unattended-upgrade is unable to remove packages that become unused in conjunction with updating by other software such as update-manager or apt full-upgrade. This is because unattended-upgrade compares the list of unneeded packages before and after it upgrades packages to detect which packages are new unused ones. Consequently, if user installs new kernels using e.g. update-manager, the excessive kernels will not be removed by unattended-upgrade, and eventually (small) /boot will become full. Expected behavior: handle removing of unused packages differently at least until other package management software installed by default can handle removing of new unused packages. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: unattended-upgrades 0.90 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Sep 17 11:28:44 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-05 (11 days ago) InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160719) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: unattended-upgrades UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1624644/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
